My turn to roll a grenade into the room, lol (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Thursday, March 03, 2022, 16:43 (999 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

Destiny has had that problem since the beginning with the Grimoire. It was novel and funny when they referenced Guardians dancing around their fallen enemies from the point of view of a random Cabal, but now they’re using the lore books to justify bad design and writing. Oh, we still have the Mercury maps because the Crucible is actually a simulation or some shit—as if that needed any sort of canon explanation. Who cares? It’s the Hunter Vanguard shit. Oh, the Hunters don’t want to hang out in the Tower so that’s why there’s no Cayde replacement. Just admit that part of the story or universe isn’t a priority and move on instead of writing some dumb bullshit to try and explain away the realities of modern game development.

There’s also the fact that the story is still entirely too reliant on those lore entries—they still have the best stories in Destiny, and the main narrative we’re served in the game only makes the barest amount of sense without reading them.